I tend to bring things that dry quick and are lightweightI have used the laundry facilities at Shingwedzi and it was fine,not crowded at all but it was aprilFinding the laundry facilities in Skukuza was a bit of a challenge

I have never done laundry in the park before but I am going to have to do laundry at least once this trip, so I suppose I must take R5 and R2 coins with me. I do not believe in tumble drying so will I be allowed to hang some washing up on our campsite in Tsendze? (I will be doing laundry at Mopani)

We have used the laundry facility at Lower Sabie, and had an interesting conversation with one of the staff while we waited. He was a Veterinary Student intern who was part of a TB study group. My SO, being a Veterinarian had a long involved conversation with him. Our clothes were cleaned and dried, and we learned something about the Veterinary Services that we wouldn't have learned any other way!

@Stark: Pot luck! I'm not that organised. As mentioned, I had to trek about the whole of Shingwedzi camp fronting complete strangers to swap an old coin for a 'new' one, they probably thought I was a bit bonkers - but it was fun anyway!

makes me think of the day the Canadian dude asked me if he needs to put a Kruger rand in the washer .......noooo but bring that kruger rand I will swop it for you. I do my washing late at night while the camp is sleeping best time, dump it in and wonder around in the dark or sit in the laundry and watch the movie Prey on the laptop .... freaky

I have also found that different machines seem to take different coins - even in the same camp. Our last holiday, we did laundry at Mopani, and had to make two trips to the store to get the correct change. We also had a wonderful experience with one of the maintenance staff, who came in shortly after we had put our clothes in one of the washers. He told us that the washer we were using didn't work properly. He removed his just completed load of laundry and insisted that we remove our clothes from the malfunctioning washer and use the one he was using. This even though he had another load waiting!

saraf wrote:All the main rest camps have washing machines, most have dryers (I can't remember seeing a dryer in Punda Maria). The washing machines are top loaders. You will need to buy washing powder from the shop as they don't do single wash packets. The machines take R5 coins.

Not all of them,, some take 5xR2.... that's why I always collect R2 and R5 coins..